Shoe-shining cabinet



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WALTER B. JOHNSON. OF BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS.

SHOE-SHINING CABINET.

Application filed November This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe shining cabinets and particularly has to do with shoe shining equipment for home use. 1

An object of the invention is to provide a shoe shining cabinet preferably in the form of a box or container that is simple in construction, neat and compact in design as well as being easy to handle and transport.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a shoe shining cabinet having a revolvable top that when inverted from its normal position will expose a foot rest upon which the shoe to be shined may be rested.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an eXample of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a shoe shining cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the front side opened and the top inverted,

Fig. 4 is an end view of the same,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1, showing the special holding means of the shoe paste x.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5 showing a keeper and screw engaged (normal position),

Fig. 8 is a detail of the same,

Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of a latch and screw engaged (operative position), and

Fig. 10 is a detail of the same.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a box, and consists of a bottom 11. having ends 19. and a back 13. A front member 14 is hinged to the bottom member and is arranged to be swung downward as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 thereby giving access to the box where the shoe shining supplies are to be v kept.

A revolvable top member is centrally pivoted at each end to the end members 12 by any suitable means such as countersunk screws 16. For holding the front member 1a upright and also for holding the top 6, 1925. Serial No. 67,232.

member 15 on a horizontal plane round headed screws 17 are provided in the front edge of said top member and are adapted to engage in depending loop shaped keepers 18 which are countersunk in recesses 19 provided in the upper edge of the front member 14, (normal position).

For holding the top in its operative position resilient metal latches 20 are countersunk in-recesses 21 which are provided in the upper edge of the back member 13 and are disengaged in normal position. ,A partition 22 is provided within the box to afford separate compartments to receive the different necessities of a shoe shining outfoot rest 23 is secured to the underside of the top member 15 and is outof sight when the box is closed. A leather strap 24 is fastened to the upper side of the top member 15 there by affording a hand hold by which the box may be easily and quickly transported.

A novel feature of the invention resides in the shoe paste holding member 25 which is especially adapted for containing any standard paste box A. The member is cup shaped and conforms snugly with the lower member B of the paste container and has an outwardly directed circumferential flange 26 which registers with the bead C of the lower member B of the paste container, A recess 27 provided in the upper portion of the holding member 26 is adapted to receive the opener l) of the paste boX.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 5 the box is shown in its normal or inoperative position, the leather strap 25 exposed and thebox is in condition to be moved about to any desired location. By pressing down upon the back portion of the top member 15, the pins 17 will slide out of engagement with the loop shaped latches 18 which are mounted in the upper portion of the front member 1 1, thus allowing the top to be revolved and the hinged front member 14 to be swung downward as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that after the pins and latches 18 are disengaged the front member may be entirely let down and the top member inverted thereby exposing the foot rest 24: as is shown in Figs. 3 and i. The inverting of the top member will cause the pins 17 which are secured to the front side of said member to friotionallv engage with the spring metal latches 20 provided in the back fit, such as brushes, cloths and the like. A

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,a'long itslongi tiidinal axis, "a hinged front member, an upright back member, the side edges of 'the* top 1ying"between the upper portions of said members?fastening means carried by one side edge of the top, and. co-

operating means for engagement With the fastening means carriedby the front member'for fastening said top and'front in'en'iber together.

2. ,"In,ashoe shiningcabinet, abox comprising an invertible jpivoted" top member having pins'on one side, ahinge'dfront member havinglatchesadapted" to be engaged by said pins to hold the; top and front rigid, and; a back member having keepers adapted to be engagedwith said'pins, when said top is inverted.

BI- In a-shOe. shining cabinet, at box having an open top-and open front, a revbluble top member journaled in the top of the box and hmtingha footaa'est ini its ynnder side' brought into operative pesition wherr the top member is-revolved, a front member hinged to the ;lowenedgeofthe-opena front of the box, pins on one edge of the top member, latches on iithenpperwedge of the front member adapted to be engaged by the pins when the front- ==member is -olosed,-and keepers on the back wall of the box for engaging the pins When the top yinei'nbei" is revolved and the 3 front nien'iber is open.

a. In a shoe-shiningcabinet,box com prising an invertible top centrally; pivoted along its longitudinal =axis, a hinged f'ront lneih er, an gup right ba ck member, the-*side edges of the top lylng between the upper portions of said: members; fastening zineans carriedby one side edge of thetop, co-operating means for engagement Wi tlr thefastening means carried by the F front :member for fastening said top andfrontunenibentogether, and means carriedby the back: member adapted to be-engagedby the fastening means for supporting the, top ain its inverted position.

In testimony whereof I. m 1ny'=signatui'e.

WALTER B. 'JOHNSON 

